AVONDALE DRYDOCK

Side launching broad beam ships presented a problem due to annual variations in river level which would have required substantial extension of the ways into the river. The paper describes the design of a floating drydock with a removable wing wall on one side that still allows vessels to be moved sideways and then off-loaded onto the floating drydock for final launching. Provides a general description and dimensions, equipment fitted, mooring system, and stability calculations.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Paper presented to the Gulf Section of SNAME Sept. 5, 1975, Mobile, Alabama.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers

  601 Pavonia Avenue
  Jersey City, NJ  United States  07306-2907
• Authors:
  • Bamba, M
• Publication Date: 1975-9

Media Info

• Pagination: 17 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Calculation; Drydock operations; Drydocks; Floating docks; Launching; Ships; Structural design
• Old TRIS Terms: Drydock design
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00126951
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 5 1975 12:00AM